Psalms 86:11-13

11 Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.

Psalms 86:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 86

\\<>\\. The title is the same with the Seventeenth Psalm, and the subject of it is much alike: it was written by David, when in distress, and his life was sought after; very likely when he was persecuted by Saul, and fled from him; so Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi: and as he was a type of Christ in his afflictions, as well as in his exalted state, it may not be unfitly applied to him, as it is by some interpreters. The Syriac inscription of it is, ``for David, when he built an house for the Lord; and a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles; and moreover, a prayer of a peculiar righteous man.'' Theodoret thinks it predicts the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians, and Hezekiah's hope in God.

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Cross References 7

  • 1. S Exodus 33:13; S 1 Samuel 12:23; Psalms 25:5
  • 2. S Psalms 26:3
  • 3. Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 32:39; Ezekiel 11:19; 1 Corinthians 7:35
  • 4. S Deuteronomy 6:24
  • 5. S Psalms 9:1
  • 6. S Psalms 34:4; Psalms 49:15; Psalms 116:8
  • 7. S Psalms 16:10; S Psalms 56:13
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